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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Mantashe speaks for cabinet ministers whom are not in favour of Zuma

Somila Nkosana

30 November 2016

African National
Congress Secretary General Gwede Mantashe says the party will not allow cabinet
ministers who spoke in favour of a vote of no confidence in President Jacob
Zuma to be persecuted.

Mantashe says they
were well within their rights to raise the issue at the National Executive
Committee meeting.

On Tuesday, the
ruling party revealed that the call for Zuma to leave office didn't receive enough
support and was thus rejected by the party's executive committee.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Two injured in shack fire

Natasha
Mabuto

29
November 2016

According to a statement,a man and woman, both believed to
be in their 50s, were injured this afternoon after a fire broke out in their
shack in the informal settlement off Bremmer Road in Pretoria West.

Paramedics and other emergency sevices arrived on the scene
and found the elderly man waiting by the side of the road.

The woman was found
lying just a few feet outside of her shack which was well alight.

Upon assessment, paramedics found that both the man were
found with numerous burn wounds and were both in a serious condition.

Paramedics treated the patients and provided them with
advanced life support interventions.

Once treated, the patients were transported to Kalafong
Provincial Hospital for urgent treatment.

It is believed that a gas cylinder exploded in the house,
apparently causing the fire.

COSATU mourns the death of Cde Fidel Castro

Natasha Mabuto

28 November 2016

According to a statement the
Congress of South African Trade Unions joins millions of people around the
world to mourn the passing away of one of twentieth century’s foremost
revolutionaries, the former president of CUBA, Cde Fidel Castro.

According to COSATU, Cde
Castro reshaped the world and his influence and charisma inspired people from
all corners of the world.

Cde Fidel Castro’s passing
happened at a very significant time as it is a marking of 28 years since the
glorious Battle of Cuito Cuanavale that took place in south-eastern Angola from
September 1987 to July 1988.

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Public Protector laid charges against Adv Mandonsela

A criminal charge has been laid against former public protector Thuli Madonsela by the new head of the office Busisiwe Mkhwebane, after receiving a complaint from the president.

According to a report, Mkhwebane laid the charges against her predecessor after President Jacob Zuma complained about the release of the audio from his and Madonsela’s interview on the state capture report.

The report says that the charges were laid at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria two weeks ago.

At the time, the Presidency announced that it had required clarity from the Office of the Public Protector on the policy of the institution regarding the release of audio recordings of interviews conducted during the course of investigations.

Friday, November 25, 2016

Deputy Minister of Communications to award Western Cape learners with a film and television production skills certificate

Natasha Mabuto

25 November 2016

The Deputy Minister of Communications, Ms Stella Ndabeni Abrahams, will today, 25 November 2016 recognize the stellar achievements of learners who have successfully completed the Film and Television Skills Programme.

According a media statement the 35 Western Cape learners will be handed over their Statements of Results and awarded a Certificate of Completion in Film and Television Production; an NQF level 5 qualification.

Public protector’s report under spotlight at water and sanitation portfolio committee

Natasha
Mabuto

23
November 2016

The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation will today
receive a briefing by the Minister of Water and Sanitation regarding the
findings of the Public Protector’s Report on the Lesotho Highlands Water
Project.

The Committee will also receive a briefing on allegations
of tender irregularities at Rand Water.

According to a statement these briefings are to enable the
Committee to determine if there was any wrongdoing that occurred and
implications thereof.

Public protector’s report under spotlight at water and sanitation portfolio committee

Natasha
Mabuto

23
November 2016

The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation will today
receive a briefing by the Minister of Water and Sanitation regarding the
findings of the Public Protector’s Report on the Lesotho Highlands Water
Project.

The Committee will also receive a briefing on allegations
of tender irregularities at Rand Water.

According to a statement these briefings are to enable the
Committee to determine if there was any wrongdoing that occurred and
implications thereof.

Panayiotou case postponed

Somila Nkosana

21 November 2016

The Christopher Panayiotou murder trial, which is in its sixth
week in the High Court in Port Elizabeth, was delayed this morning as suspect
Sinethemba Nenembe was unavailable to attend the court proceedings.

He had to appear in another court as an accused in another murder
case where a 78-year-old PE woman, Denise Webber, from Kabega Park was robbed
and murdered.

He is one of four accused.

The alleged middleman in the Panayiotou murder trial, Luthando
Siyoni, made a brief appearance and again refused to answer any questions put
to him by Marius Stander.

Renowned Mouth-Painting artist to host fun day in Khayelitsha with MEC Fritz

Natasha
Mabuto

20
November 2016

According the Western Cape government, today as part of their
ongoing commemoration of Disability Awareness Month, the Western Cape MEC for
Social Development, Albert Fritz, will host a paint and arts fun day for 19
children with disabilities in Khayelitsha.

The fun day will be held at the Sibongile Day & Night
Care Centre, an ECD centre and home for children with physical and intellectual
disabilities, funded by the Department.

MEC Fritz will be joined by renowned quadriplegic
mouth-painter, Mr. Brenton Swartz, from the Andries Olivier Quadriplegic
Centre, who will host a mouth painting demonstration and lesson for the
children and MEC Fritz.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

ACDP strongly condemns coffin assault

Wayne
Boonzaaier

17
November 2016

ACDP President
and Member of Parliament, Rev Kenneth Meshoe, has condemned in the strongest
terms the heinous and deplorable treatment of Rethabile Mlotshwa by Willem
Oosthuizen and Theo Martins, who have been charged with kidnapping and assault
with the intent to do grievous bodily harm.

Keeno Petersen Media Liaison for the ACDP said

“The ACDP condemns this racist and evil actions in the strongest
possible terms.

We also view these men and all who are advancing racism in
the country as a hindrance to the creation of a non-racial society.

There’s absolutely no excuse for such a degrading and
deplorable act. We are relieved that
the magistrate denied the bail application.

We trust that the
case will be prioritized so that justice for the victim will be swift.”

Seven suspects will appear in Wynberg Court in connection of rape

Seven suspects have been taken
into custody in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Nyanga.

Police are still hunting for an eighth
suspect.

The teenager was abducted and
raped last weekend before being released by her attackers.

The police's Frederick van Wyk
says the victim was walking alone in Robert Sobukwe Road in Nyanga, when she
was abducted by a suspect and taken to a shack where she was repeatedly raped
by him and his friends.

They kept her at the residence
and released her the next day.

The group is expected to
appear in the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Friday.

Two men who forced a black man into a coffin abandoned their bail applicaion

Nontando Mafanya

17 November 2016

Supporters of different
political parties set their differences aside as they gathered outside the
Middleburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday, calling for an end to racism after a
black man was forced into a coffin by two white men.

A video of the incident
involving Rethabile Mlotshwa went viral, leading to the arrest of Willem
Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson.

The two yesterday abandoned
their bail application.

The African National Congress Desmond
Moela says racism and racists are not welcome in the country.

Molefe pays back money received for attending additional board meetings

Somila
Nkosana

16
November 2016

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Chairperson Popo
Molefe says he has paid back more than R600 000 that he received for attending
board meetings, because it was ‘the right thing to do’.

He also says allegations that he tried to increase the
number of board meetings to make more money are untrue because his board
members only asked for extra money this year, after working overtime for
several previous years.

The Transport Department says PRASA's board met more often
than it should have and it was unhappy with the extra costs.

He appeared on Monday on charges of violating the
Riotous Assemblies Act when he advised supporters in 2014 to invade unoccupied
land.

The case has been postponed pending the outcome of
his application in the High Court, challenging the constitutionality of the
act.

After Malema said the EFF would not slaughter white
peoples just yet, De Klerk released a statement calling Malema’s statement a disclaimer
of the core values of the Constitution and also announced he intended
approaching the Human Rights Commission.

NPA still to decide Fransman’s fate

The National Prosecuting
Authority says it will decide within two weeks whether to charge suspended
Western Cape ANC chairperson Marius Fransman with sexual harassment or not.

Fransman was suspended for
five years after an ANC disciplinary committee found him guilty of sexually
assaulting his then personal assistant - Louisa Wynand. Fransman is also
accused of bringing the party into disrepute.

ANC secretary-general Gwede
Mantashe has apparently called on Fransman to refrain from making allegations
related to his suspension in the media.